Indie artists should support their local community radio station that still believes in “breaking” an artist locally and playing their music.

Most community radio stations are non-profit. They don’t receive any funds from corporate big wigs who want to take over the radio format. They are usually run by volunteers that have a passion for music and broadcasting and they have annual fundraisers to keep their radio stations going.

Community radio is so important because after all, it is in touch with community issues. The commercialization of radio stations have really hurt the communities that they reside in because it was also an informative channel for what was going on in the region close to your community.

Community radio still features indie artists during morning and afternoon rush hour traffic, therefore, exposing your music to hundreds of people. Commercial radio has a person sitting in another part of the country providing you with a syndicated program that is out of touch with your region or listeners. You get some DJ that doesn’t know anything about the audience or the region that they are serving and it can turn out to be a bad scenario.

Indie artists should support their local community radio station by donating their funds, time and effort to keeping community radio alive.